The town dodged a potential disaster after serious floods in the area failed to lead to any major flooding issues at Long Pond, which is adjacent to many houses in Freetown and Lakeville.

Days before torrential downpours, the levels of Long Pond were elevated and Board of Health Chairman Lisa Pacheco was preparing town department heads to assist town residents. She had asked department heads to get sandbags and water bottles ready. One property was encroached by the water and the basement was pumped, as water flooded it, according to Town Administrator Richard Brown.

Brown said that was the only incident, however.

Earlier this year, state Rep. Keiko Orrall said a long-term study of the Assawompset Pond Complex, which encompasses several bodies of water, including Long Pond, has received funding and is now in progress.

At the last selectmen’s meeting, Pacheco referenced this study and hopes it will resolve the period consternation that residents and officials deal with when water levels rise.

The study will involve the surveying of all hydrologic structures, including bridges and dams, Orrall told the Taunton Daily Gazette earlier this year.

The study will span an 11.6-mile stretch of the Nemasket River, from the outflow of Assawompset Pond to the Taunton River inlet, and will collect “information on storage capacity of the Assawompset Pond Complex.”